Athletic team integrated communication, notification, and scheduling system

Abstract

An apparatus that displays an athletic activity notification user interface having a first display level, populating the user interface with activity notifications and determining the activity notifications include a threshold number of cumulative positive responses for users planning to attend a scheduled event, and displaying icons on the user interface representing the user that submitted the positive responses.

I claim: 
     
       1. An apparatus comprising:
 a processor; 
 a communication platform comprising a user interface; 
 a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to at least:
 receive athletic activity notifications at the communication platform indicating that there are scheduled events within a predefined distance of a location of a user, wherein each athletic activity notification includes a threshold amount of attendees, and further wherein the athletic activity notifications are received in chronological order and include a data output displaying a total cumulative number of responses from users on the user interface for display on a display device, where the user interface has a first end and a second end, and wherein the total cumulative number of responses from users includes a cumulative number of positive responses and a cumulative number of negative responses; 
 populate the user interface with the athletic activity notifications received by the communication platform in chronological order, with a most recently-received athletic activity notification positioned at the first end, 
 determine by the communication platform the cumulative number of positive responses for the most recently-received athletic activity notification meets the threshold amount of attendees, and in response, change the most recently-received athletic activity notification from a first display state to a second display state confirming the future scheduled athletic activity is proceeding as planned; 
 display, on the first user interface, icons representing each of the users that submitted positive responses; and, 
 receive a first user input, and in response, display a message interface. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the user interface further comprises a locked display element that does not change position when navigating through the user interface along a first axis, wherein the locked display element is configured to display a status of an athletic activity associated with the scheduled events. 
     
     
       3. The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the status comprises a location and time of the athletic activity. 
     
     
       4. The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the locked display element is located at the second end of the user interface. 
     
     
       5. The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the user interface comprises:
 a UI display surface having a length extending between a first end and a second end along a first axis, and a width along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, the width of the UI display surface configured to be equal to a width of the display device along the second axis;
 a first display level positioned between the first end and a transition point, and having a first plurality of display positions stacked along the first axis; and, 
 a second display level positioned between the transition point and the second end, and having a second plurality of display positions aligned along the second axis. 
 
 
     
     
       6. The apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein the first plurality of display positions extend across an entirety of the width of the user interface. 
     
     
       7. The apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein the computer-executable instructions when executed by the processor further cause the processor to at least:
 receive a first user input through the user interface in a direction along the first axis towards the second end, and in response, display older athletic activity notifications by transitioning one or more athletic activity notifications from the second display level to the first display level and removing one or more newer athletic activity notifications from the user interface. 
 
     
     
       8. The apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein an athletic activity notification, when transitioned from the first display level to the second display level, is truncated. 
     
     
       9. The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein an athletic activity notification, from the athletic activity notifications, comprises an invitation to participate in scheduled event that includes an athletic activity. 
     
     
       10. The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the first display state is a first color and the second display state is a second color. 
     
     
       11. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to at least:
 transmit from a communication platform an electronic invitation to a plurality of users, the invitation comprising an invite to participate in a future scheduled athletic activity within a detected, predefined distance of locations of the plurality of users and identifying a predetermined threshold amount of required acceptances for the scheduled athletic activity; 
 generate, in response, a user interface, having a first end and a second end, configured to be both viewable and interacted with by each of the plurality of users, 
 receive responses by the communication platform from at least a portion of the plurality of users, wherein the responses include an acceptance and a preferred position from at least a first user and a second user of the plurality of users in chronological order,
 populate the user interface with acceptances received from the at least first and second users in chronological order, with a most recently-received acceptance positioned at the first end; 
 confirm by the communication platform the number of acceptances received from the at least first and second users meets the predetermined threshold amount, and in response; 
 change the most recently-received athletic activity notification from a first display state to a second display state confirming the future scheduled athletic activity is proceeding as planned; 
 display, on the user interface, a first icon representing the first user's preferred position; and, 
 
 receive a first user input through the user interface, in a direction along the first axis in a direction towards the second end causing the user interface to display a message input interface. 
 
     
     
       12. The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 11 , wherein an acceptance received from a user, of at least two users of the plurality of users, comprises a preference of a position on a sports team for the athletic activity. 
     
     
       13. The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 11 , wherein the user interface comprises:
 a UI display surface having a length extending between a first end and a second end along a first axis of a horizontal plane, and a width along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, the width of the UI configured to be equal to a width of a display device along the second axis; 
 a first display level positioned between the first end and a transition point, and having a first plurality of display positions stacked along the first axis; and 
 a second display level positioned between the transition point and the second end, and having a second plurality of display positions aligned along the second axis. 
 
     
     
       14. The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 13 , wherein the second plurality of display positions are populated in chronological order, with a most recent acceptance displayed within a leftmost display position from the second plurality of display positions. 
     
     
       15. The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 13 , wherein the first plurality of display positions extend across an entire width of the user interface. 
     
     
       16. The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 11 , wherein a locked display element on the UI display surface is further configured to provide updated performance data of at least one of the first or the second user during the athletic activity. 
     
     
       17. The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 16 , wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the processor to at least:
 receive at least one message from at least one of the first user, the second user, or a third user of the plurality of users that is not an acceptance of the invite, and in response, 
 determine that the first plurality of display positions are all populated, and in response, individually populating the second plurality of display positions with the at least one message in a chronological order; 
 receive a second user input through the user interface in a direction along the first axis towards the second end, and in response, display older acceptances by transitioning one or more acceptances from the second display level to the first display level and removing one or more newer acceptances from the user interface. 
 
     
     
       18. The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 11 , wherein the first display state is a first color and the second display state is a second color. 
     
     
       19. The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 11 , wherein an acceptance, when transitioned from the first display level to the second display level, is truncated. 
     
     
       20. The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 11 , wherein a background of a display position corresponds to an actual or preferred position to a user, from the at least two users of the plurality of users, from which an acceptance is received.